HCM City to open Asia’s best culinary festival in late March
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City food culture festival, which was voted as Asia's Best Culinary Festival by the World Culinary Awards in 2022, is scheduled to return to the southern city from March 26 to March 31.
The festival will introduce a food map of the nation made from 400 typical dishes originating from three regions across the country.
The food map will be created by hundreds of chefs from various five-star hotels nationwide. The previous 20-metre-long food map of Vietnam featured 63 dishes prepared by 50 chefs nationwide and set a record which was certified by the nation’s record organization in April, 2022.
The culinary event organized by Saigontourist Group aims to honour Vietnamese cuisine. It will feature up to 40 booths with a range of delicacies aimed at satisfying both residents and visitors.
Besides booths of culinary brands from Ben Tre and Tay Ninh provinces, Vietnam Airlines and Saigon Trading Corporation (Satra) is expected to lure plenty of visitors. Indeed, the festival will be capable of serving over 12,000 customers.
Food lovers will also have the chance to sample coffee at an event arranged by Binh Quoi tourist village. Furthermore, several programmes such as seven villages will introduce their crafts of making vermicelli, traditional cakes, bamboo wickerwork, hats, sedge mats, and pottery.
Artists nationwide will promote their culture through performances of quan họ (love duet singing), Bai choi (folk singing), and Đờn ca tài tử (southern folk music).
